Effect of digital ocular massage on intraocular pressure and Schlemm’s canal dimensions

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 6112 - 10
• Main Authors: Wu, Tiffany H. Y., Lau, Henry K. C., Lai, Carmelo H. Y., Wong, Ruby W. L., Wong, Antonia K. W., Lam, Andrew Kwok-cheung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.03.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/3161/3169/3170; Adult; Aqueous humor; Canals (anatomy); Correlation coefficient; Eye; Glaucoma; Glaucoma - therapy; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Massage; multidisciplinary; Ocular Hypotension; Ocular massage; Schlemm's Canal; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sclera; Software; Tomography; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Tonometry, Ocular; Trabecular Meshwork; Trabecular meshwork; Aqueous humor; Ocular massage; Schlemm’s canal; Intraocular pressure

Digital ocular massage has been reported to temporarily lower intraocular pressure (IOP). This could be related to an enhanced aqueous humor outflow; however, the mechanism is not clearly understood. Using anterior segment optical coherence tomography, the Schlemm’s canal (SC) and trabecular meshwor...